The first weakfish to show, we call scouts. They push ahead of the main body of fish. They offer excellent clues, to where the best spring weakfish bite will occur.
Tag: cape may
Summer striped bass bite
Today felt so much like fall, I decided to forgo flounder fishing to hunt summer stripers. It was refreshing to find them with very little effort. I was sloppy in my approach to the spots , but I still hooked up at most locations. In one area they were feeding on peanut bunker and they…
Today’s back bay summer flounder
Captain Gary remains zeroed in on the back bay flounder, his heaviest this morning was 6.5 pounds. A six pound flounder usually takes first place in the Grassy sound marina’s back bay flounder tournament. I caught two 20″ keeper back bay flounder today. I fished for 40 minutes. The water temperature at the top of…
Kensdock Report: Red Drum, Keeper Striped Bass
Mark , Jeff, CJ and Ben continue to out fish everybody in Cape May County, NJ. They are pictured here with the few fish they chose to keep today. The red drum just made the upside of the slot limit, the striped bass 30″ and 33″. Their success is the result of knowledge , passion and energy.
Kensdock Report: The resurgence of New Jersey’s Red fish population
Jeff Polhamus and Sharpie with a few nice New Jersey red fish . CJ Polhamus with his 22″ New Jersey red fish, he caught the beauty on 9-30-2013. Mark is high hook of this elite group, this is one of his many 2013 New Jersey red fish.
8-22-09 Kensdock weakfish news
The following is a news release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: Weakfish Biomass at All-Time Low ASMFC Weakfish Board Initiates Addendum to Address Stock Decline In its report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Weakfish Management Board, an independent panel of scientists endorsed the 2009 weakfish stock assessment for management use. The…
8-19-09 Kensdock todays ASMFC weakfish meeting,update 8:55 pm
Take time to read the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries weakfish management board meeting minutes. http://www.asmfc.org Here is quote from And, finally, I would just like to say, as I said before, no matter what happens with the peer review in June the board needs to remember that weakfish is in a depleted condition,…
6-22-09 Kensdock fishing report
I was standing on my dock today about 11:00 AM, I decided to take boat ride to see how the water looked. It was dirty but not as bad as yesterday and a lot cleaner than I expected.I had 10 minutes to fish. I caught two keeper flounder. A good sign considering the water condition. The water temperature was…
6-21-09 Jim’s Bait and tackle Mako tournament
Congratulations to the winners of Jim’s Bait and Tackle Mako Tournament! The crew on the Lora Mae had the heaviest Mako 165.5 pounds. The crew on the Warden Pass was second with a 162 pound Mako. Miss Edna Jane crew was third with a 160 pound Mako. If you weighed a shark in at Jim’s Bait…
6-6-09 Kensdock fishing report 10:25 pm
I had one of the top fisherman in Cape May County, NJ aboard my boat today. ED Teise has won more weakfish tournaments than anybody alive in Cape May County, NJ. We unleashed the dock lines at 6:30 PM. Today we were looking for flounder. We ended up with seven keepers to 23.5“. It was a little…